San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1887-11-24
PERSONAL.

Monday.
Hofheinz' new hotel will be open In two
or three weeks.
Green's building has new shutters which
are of the appropriate color.
james Ownby has reached Portland, Ore
gon, and thinks of making 1t his home.
James Storey is at home from sojourn in
Pennsylvania and is looking remarkably
well.
The venerable Amariah Wilson still lives
In Bell county, and We learn was recently
here on O visit
We had pleasant call last week from
Mr.. Edwin Gray, representing the San An
tonic Printing Co.
The fruit and notion store of ". F. Cop
pic has been closed for nearly week on
account of the sickness of the owner.
The brothers 8. w. and W. s. jackson
have removed to Fannin 20. Hays is losing
too many worthy citizens of their sort.
J. e. Morris has not only re-roofed his
dwelling. as stated in our last, but has
made over" and added to portion of 1t.
w. II. Nance is visiting this place. He
spent some six months Of last season in
Europe, making a pretty thorough and sat-
isfactory tour.
DIR. Daniel is substituting the old cedar
stockade around his place With fine picket
fence, the best we have seen. 1t will DO
good for 100 years at least.
Thanks to Mr.. Ownby for o paper con-
tanning extracts from speech of Mr.. Grady
at Atlanta on the prohibition question, one
or more of which we shall copy in our next.
Carey Miller, freedman, is a regular cy-
clone in the way of dissecting woodpile.
He works as If on a wager going it ON the
double quick. The consequence is he says
he never lacks for work.
Chauncey, son of Frank Donaldson. while
playing about the turn table on Sunday last
received q severe cut on the leg and had
finger badly mashed. DR.. Woods informs
us his injuries are not serious.
We were pleased to make the acquaint-
ance of e. NJ. Covert, hotel keeper and
blacksmith of Buda. Apropos he Informed
us that the name of the postoffice there as
well as the town had been changed to Buda,
so that DuPre is at last finally eliminated
from its future life.
The residence of our townsman Zantie
$50 "the boys' of his age sometimes call
him) Hutchins, has been reprinted, he has
also renewed and Strengthened up his fences
1--WE do not now mean politically 30 that
taking it altogether his town place never be-
fore looked SO well.
We met banker Clemens of New Braun
fes here on Monday. He spoke of the inn
portance of towns like New Braunfels and
San Marcos being on the best of terms and
standing together for their own protection
as against the grasping selfshness of San
Antonio aud other larger places. We
thought his suggestions were good and
timely.
Our old friend VIM, Thomas, Sem, was
troubled during the summer very much
with disease of his eyes, for which he coulo
get no relief Meeting him the other day
he informed us that he had derived great
benefit to his eyes from the treatment OF
Madam Duke of Austin, and that his gener'
eral health had also greatly improved under
her treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb, of Beaverdam, Wis,
are here for the benefit of the health OF
their son, young man, and are stopping
at the pleasant home of Mrs. Briggs They
started to go to California, but were ad.
vised to stop here at least during the win.
ter, which we think was just as well. The
son already feels an improvement, which
we trust may continue.
Mr. E. P Reynolds, of the drug store,
has shown us some wonderfully fine speci-
mems of the Early Rose potatoe raised by
Mr.. Kidd in his irrigated garden since
Sept. 1st. The largest weighed / of @
pound. Mr.. R. also gave US the dimensions
of remarkable okra plant left at the store
for exhibition: 1t is 15t feet high, Is inches
in circumference; the bottom limbs IA
inches in circumference. These specimens
indicate the capabilities of this country with
proper cultivation. Mr.. r. further stated
that he had raised good supply of vege,
tables etc., for family use without irriga'
ton, the ground having been kept deeply
and finely pulverized.